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Title: | The clinical epidemiology of acute diarrhoeal disease in egyptian children |
Authors: | Nasser, Shafika Nossair, Nazzek Riyad, Samia |
Year: | 1988 |
Periodical: | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 150-157 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Egypt |
Subjects: | child health diarrhoea |
External link: | http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/34/4/150 |
Abstract: | Using a method of surveillance for diarrhoea that examines day-point prevalence in sentinel communities in children under 3 years of age, the authors, participating in the National Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases Project (NCDDP), Cairo, Egypt, found diarrhoea to be most prevalent and most serious in children under 24 months of age, in rural areas, and in summer and autumn. Children spend on the average 11 percent of their year with diarrhoea, nearly two-thirds of which is watery. Mothers are increasingly using oral rehydration therapy, and they are more likely to seek medical help when signs of dehydration occur. The majority of children were given less food during diarrhoea and about one-third are taken off breast milk for a week or more if diarrhoea persists. Notes, ref. |